KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (5.5mm, 0.57 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint.

Triton XXIV
Lot: 696. Estimated: $ 500

Greek, Electrum

Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Ardys – Alyattes. Circa 630s-564/53 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (5.5mm, 0.57 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of boar right / Incuse square. Spier p. 332, 6 = Rosen 282 (A5/P5); Weidauer Series XIII (unlisted denomination); Kurth G13 (same rev. punch); cf. SNG Kayhan 1011 (hemihekte); ATEC 113. Good VF. Very rare.

From the MM Collection. Ex Bernhard Terletzki Collection (Künker 295, 25 September 2017), lot 328, purchased from Bankhaus H. Aufhäuser, 10 November 1992.


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